Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 37 Champions League (First Update Guaranteed)

Chen Yingxiong's UEFA Ballon d'Or goal caused an uproar.

Everyone didn't expect that a forty-year-old guy would still have such ambitions.

Of course, more people in the media are not optimistic about his voice.

After all, he is too old and his competitors are so fierce.

It would be fine if there were no decent competitors. Maybe out of sympathy, the judges would vote for Chen Yingxiong.

But it's different now.

Several voting media experts have publicly stated that they will not vote for Chen Yingxiong. Because Chen Yingxiong is too old, and it is impossible for him to perform any more to win the Golden Globe Award.

A domestic league championship is not enough. Otherwise, how can we ensure the importance and authority of the Ballon d'Or?

No one can think or dare to think that Chen Yingxiong will spy on the Champions League champion.

Only people within the Liverpool squad know.

Because Chen Yingxiong told them.

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"Everyone, I hope we can not only win the league championship this season, but also the Champions League championship!"

Chen Yingxiong said to his teammates in a closed-door meeting in the locker room.

Closed-door meetings in the locker room are held every once in a while. Mainly the recent internal affairs of the team, including resolving conflicts and disputes between certain players, discussing where to go to eat, or discussing whether the recent tactics are suitable for the team. If the team loses consecutively, a meeting is also needed to discuss. Countermeasures include criticism and self-criticism.

No coaches attend such meetings. Only players. Chen Yingxiong is the captain and boss of the team. Well deserved to be a host.

Generally speaking, when there are any internal team matters, the final discussion comes to the discussion area, and the final decision maker is Chen Yingxiong.

Chen Yingxiong has this authority. He has the final say and everyone believes it.

Even if two people had a dispute and started fighting during training, Chen Yingxiong would come out to treat the two people to dinner, whether they were old Liverpool players or newcomers to the team. Can't help but go. Usually after eating this meal, the two people will be reconciled as before.

Precisely because Liverpool has such a leader, no messy news has ever spread in the Liverpool dressing room over the years. This is boring for a lot of media. But it made Liverpool fans very happy.

A united locker room is a guarantee of combat effectiveness. It is precisely because of such a locker room environment that Liverpool has been able to win the league championship for fourteen consecutive seasons.

Now Chen Yingxiong held this meeting because the Champions League knockout games are coming soon. He feels that it is necessary to unify the team's understanding and goals to avoid everyone being in unison after the fight. Some people want to move forward, and some people want to stay where they are.

So he made his goal known.

After hearing his goal, his teammates looked at each other.

Liverpool have not won the Champions League in six seasons.

This is directly related to the decline in Chen Yingxiong's physical fitness.

Chen Yingxiong is no longer the almighty and invincible Chen Yingxiong. He can still cope with it in the Premier League, but in the more intense and higher-level Champions League competition, he is somewhat unable to do what he wants.

It’s also related to the team’s lack of aggressiveness. After winning the Champions League for nine consecutive seasons. The players who could no longer be satisfied were already satisfied. I think back when Liverpool won consecutive Champions League titles, as soon as the Champions League started each season, the media asserted that Liverpool would definitely win the championship this season. When something becomes a natural outcome, even the most motivated people will gradually lose motivation.

Even if there was some lack of motivation before, at least there is the invincible Chen Yingxiong. Chen Yingxiong can lead them to the championship, so they can win the championship by the way.

But when Chen Yingxiong could no longer lead them to win the Champions League, they also had an excuse to relax - even if they looked at Chen Yingxiong, we couldn't do it...

As a result, Liverpool missed the Champions League for six consecutive seasons.

In two seasons they stopped in the Final Four. One season ended in the quarterfinals. In another season they reached the finals but failed in the end, and in the other two seasons they even stopped in the top 16.

For a super giant that can win the Champions League for nine consecutive seasons, such a result cannot be tolerated, although this kind of result may be considered a good result for the previous Liverpool.

So before last season. Liverpool began to purge the players in the team in batches, but they were generally not enterprising. Players who lacked hunger for championships were purged. Those who remain are players who are still useful to the team and who also have championship aspirations.

They have replaced a large number of players who have lost their motivation after becoming famous. No matter how these players are in their prime, no matter how experienced and outstanding, they do not want them.

These people have no motivation, and they are just a bunch of wastes who earn high salaries and wait to die.

Therefore, Liverpool decisively killed them and made a huge profit while these people could still afford the price in the transfer market.

Then use the money to re-purchase new players, or promote them from the youth team or reserve team. Today, most of Liverpool's players are young but full of potential. The only problem is lack of experience. Their experience comes from Chen Yingxiong, who is their spiritual support and source of strength. This may be one of the reasons why they performed poorly after Chen Yingxiong was suspended last season and eventually lost the league championship.

Because this team is too young.

But being young also has its advantages, that is, it is easy to boost morale, so this season Chen Yingxiong shouted "Let's play big" to boost the morale of the whole team, and together they created a brilliant record in January.

More than 70% of the people in this team are players who have never won the Champions League. They are full of desire and motivation for the Champions League. The only difference is their experience and ability.

Although Liverpool has monopolized the Champions League for nine years. But this is still the top honor in European football. Every team and player desires to win the Champions League.

This is evident from the fierce competition in the Champions League in previous seasons.

After the Liverpool era ended in European football, it officially entered the Warring States Period. Several teams that are capable of winning the championship are fighting to the death just for the Champions League title.

Therefore, in the minds of Liverpool players who have never won the Champions League, the Champions League is still very attractive. When some players originally transferred to the team, they even came for the Champions League championship. Who would have thought that they did not catch up with a good time and Liverpool's Champions League dynasty had come to an end.

Those players who can still stay in the team even feel that it is impossible for Liverpool to win the Champions League again.

Because Chen Yingxiong is old and the team is too young, it cannot be as competitive as other teams. It's also normal.

If they want to win the Champions League, they have no choice but to transfer and leave.

But after playing for this team for many years, everyone has feelings. Besides, the atmosphere in the Liverpool locker room is very good with a captain like Chen Yingxiong here. Everyone is like a big family.

So even if they fail to win the Champions League, they are unwilling to leave the team.

Of course, there are very few such people, only three or four in the team.

Even these three or four people were frightened after hearing Chen Yingxiong's goal.

They didn't expect that the forty-year-old captain would still have such thoughts.

Then they all lowered their heads because they thought that they, two people in their twenties or early thirties, had actually lost such motivation. They can't even compare to a forty-year-old guy...

They are ashamed of it.

From this point 9 we can see the difference between the inside and outside of Liverpool.

If it were those people outside. Whether it's the media or the fans, when they heard Chen Yingxiong say that he wanted to win the Champions League, they must have had incredible expressions. Then their first reaction was that it was absolutely impossible for Chen Yingxiong to complete this task.

People within the Liverpool team will never doubt whether their captain can achieve it. They will only be humbled by the fighting spirit displayed by Chen Yingxiong.

As the closest comrades who have been in contact with Chen Yingxiong for the longest time, they know the strength of their captain very well.

After being suspended for nine months, he was able to score five goals in his first game back, and the goal was against Chelsea, which has the best defense in the league. So what else can't he do?

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After Chen Yingxiong proposed this goal, no one in the team refuted him or raised any opinions.

When it comes to the team's season goals, everyone is used to listening to the captain. Because they all know the captain and the club president, the general manager, and the head coach. If you have a good relationship, you can wear a pair of pants, as long as he asks. Then the club will definitely support him from top to bottom.

The big bosses of the club all support him. If he comes out to oppose it, isn't he seeking death?

Anyway, the head coach and captain are responsible for how to achieve this goal. They don't have to worry at all, they just need to do it.

Naturally, Chen Yingxiong didn't want that kind of opposition within his team.

He is not here to discuss with everyone, "Should we win another Champions League this season?" He is here to directly tell everyone the results.

They just need to do what they want.

Chen Yingxiong is very satisfied with everyone's response.

Then he started telling everyone what they needed to do to achieve this step - of course he couldn't tell his players from a tactical and strategic perspective, and he wasn't professional in this either. There is a coach to do this work.

All he has to do is to boost the team's morale and lead by example so that no one dares to cheat.

It may be difficult to win the Champions League, but Chen Yingxiong has the belief that he must win, and he has to convey his belief to everyone's heart, so that they can be like him. Only in this way can this team really have the possibility of winning the Champions League.

A team, no matter how strong it is, has one thing that is most important and must have, and that is morale and belief.

In Chen Yingxiong's view, after failing to win the Champions League for six consecutive seasons, the Champions League gene that was once integrated into the blood of the Liverpool team is fading, and he wants to help everyone get this gene back.

Bring back that desire for the Champions League.

Only then will winning the Champions League not be an empty slogan, but a practical goal. ! ~!

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